Janelle Monáe’s Halloween Costume Is The Creepiest Thing I’ve Seen All Year
I can’t exactly explain it, but the skin looks damp.
Hello, I fear Janelle Monáe may have won Halloween.
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A tall order from someone who is already very good at Halloween, I’ll admit! There’s a reason why the Hollywood Reporter called her the “Queen of Halloween” this year!
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But lest you think I’m exaggerating, may I here present exhibit A: An image of E.T. on The Jennifer Hudson Show.
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Yes, this is chart-topping Grammy nominee Janelle Monáe. She even posted a series of images of her getting into the prosthetic getup, featuring a costume made by artist Alex Navarro.
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Quite frankly, one might even think, “Surely, that isn’t actually Janelle in there.” However, a clip from the talk show reveals that it is their voice (and that they do an uncanny E.T. impersonation).
I have not seen E.T., but I am incredibly unnerved. The way they blink…it’s unnatural. “What I want people to see and to remember about me is that I wasn’t afraid to look silly. I wasn’t afraid to investigate my fears and turn it into a costume. I’m not afraid to transform,” she said in a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter. “I’m a transformative motherfucker.”
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Side note: An anonymous source pays for Janelle’s Halloween costumes. They would not specify who, other than it’s not somebody in the entertainment industry.
Here’s the movie E.T., for a reminder:
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